PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oliver Strong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Stringfellow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Strong
vs
Stringfellow

180 cm
37
180 lbs
24 - 23 - 3

184 cm
26
187 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 23 - 3, fighting out of London, Oliver Strong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricky Stringfellow!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strong lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stringfellow dives in for a single leg takedown but Strong sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Stringfellow manages to break the clinch.
Good shot there by Stringfellow.
Strong swings for the body but Stringfellow moves out of range.
Strong lands a slapping body shot.
Strong does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Strong avoids a punch combination nicely.
Strong avoids the body shot from Stringfellow.
Stringfellow slips a straight right by Strong.
Strong throws a lazy right hand but Stringfellow sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Strong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A leg kick checked by Stringfellow.
Stringfellow fails with an attempt to clinch.
Strong misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stringfellow.
A nice combination there by Stringfellow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Strong swings for the body but Stringfellow moves out of range.
Strong tries for a takedown but Stringfellow sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Strong lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Stringfellow has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Stringfellow and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stringfellow looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Stringfellow drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Stringfellow decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Oliver Strong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice takedown defense from Strong. No joy for Stringfellow on that attempt.
Strong misses with a hook.

Stringfellow shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Stringfellow wants to stand and escape but instead Strong has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Strong throwing strikes from guard but Stringfellow blocks nicely.
Stringfellow looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Stringfellow wants to get back to his feet but Strong is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Strong missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strong wants to control from the top but Stringfellow keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Strong accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Strong with a flurry of punches that miss.
Stringfellow utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stringfellow controls Strong momentarily but Strong frees himself.
Strong missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Strong sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Stringfellow's guard.
Strong missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Strong keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Strong is keen to just control but Stringfellow is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Strong thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Strong trying to control the action but Stringfellow is working from the bottom.
Strong missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Strong throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Strong throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Stringfellow to regain full guard.
Stringfellow keeping moving, preventing Strong from controlling successfully.

Stringfellow scrambles and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stringfellow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Strong misses the jab.
Horrible takedown by Stringfellow or perhaps it was just good defense by Strong which made him look bad.
Oliver Strong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Stringfellow.
Strong throws a hook but Stringfellow avoids it easily.
Stringfellow ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stringfellow shoots in and drives through. Strong sprawls well.
Stringfellow takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Strong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Strong misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Strong. Stringfellow does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stringfellow looks to land a combination but Strong avoids it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stringfellow tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Strong manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Strong is looking to chop away at Stringfellow's legs.
Strong works Stringfellow's body with a nice hook.
Strong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Strong lands a glancing blow to the side of Stringfellow's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Oliver Strong will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Stringfellow lands a body shot.
Strong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stringfellow manages to avoid it.

Stringfellow instigates a clinch.
Stringfellow blocks a body shot from Strong.
Stringfellow blocks a body shot from Strong.
Stringfellow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Strong.

Stringfellow jumps guard and drags Strong to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Strong in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Strong postures up in Stringfellow's guard and throws a big left but Stringfellow blocks it.
Stringfellow throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Strong is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stringfellow preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Strong tries to free his leg and advance position but Stringfellow is retaining full guard.
Strong trying to control the position from guard on top but Stringfellow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stringfellow wants to stand up but Strong is controlling him.
Strong trying to control but Stringfellow is working from the bottom.
Strong trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Strong wants to control from the top but Stringfellow keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Oliver Strong.
Strong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stringfellow moves away.
Nice takedown defense from Strong. No joy for Stringfellow on that attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Stringfellow throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stringfellow takes a jab right on the kisser.
Stringfellow leaves Strong with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Strong looks to land a right hand but Stringfellow moved out of range.
Oliver Strong is winning the standup battle so far.
Strong takes a swing at Stringfellow's ribcage but misses.
Strong just misses with a punch to the body.
Strong misses with a wild body shot.
Stringfellow throws a push kick but Strong slaps the foot to one side.
Strong swings for the body but Stringfellow moves out of range.
Stringfellow will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Strong takes a swing at Stringfellow's ribcage but misses.
Ricky Stringfellow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Strong avoids the body shot from Stringfellow.
Strong looks to throw the jab but Stringfellow is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Strong takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Stringfellow shoots in for a takedown but Strong shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Oliver Strong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Stringfellow.
Strong lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Strong thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stringfellow pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Strong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stringfellow manages to avoid it.
Strong misses with a wild body shot.
Stringfellow avoids the body shot from Strong.
Stringfellow is looking to clinch but Strong is avoiding it.
Stringfellow displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Strong thows a body shot but no joy.
Strong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stringfellow moves away.
Strong keeps the fight on the outside.
Stringfellow shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Strong but Strong pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Stringfellow throws a series of punches but Strong moves out of range.
Stringfellow is breathing heavily.
Strong lands with a nice body punch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Stringfellow misses with a double jab.
Strong is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stringfellow.
A combination from Stringfellow does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Strong there.
Strong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stringfellow misses with a double jab.
Strong stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Strong wants it to stay on the feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stringfellow fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Strong is looking to wear down Stringfellow with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Stringfellow blocks a jab.
Strong throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stringfellow stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Strong misses with a body shot.
Strong misses the shot to the body.
Stringfellow misses with a jab, cross combination.
Strong paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Strong misses with a body shot.
Strong misses with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stringfellow swinging wildly here.
Strong misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stringfellow.
Stringfellow throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oliver Strong dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

No joy there for Stringfellow, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Stringfellow tries a head kick but it misses.
Strong clobbers Stringfellow with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Stringfellow drops his hands momentarily and Strong takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Stringfellow avoids the body shot from Strong.
Stringfellow misses with a few strikes there.
Strong throws a lazy right hand but Stringfellow sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stringfellow fails in his attempt to clinch.
Strong throws a shot from downtown. Stringfellow moves away and avoids it.
Stringfellow misses the shot to the body.
Strong jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Strong looks to land a left hand but Stringfellow moved out of range nicely.
Strong loads up on a big right hand but Stringfellow slips the punch.
Strong throws a leg kick
letting Stringfellow counter with a right hand.
Stringfellow displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Strong throws out the jab.
Stringfellow tries to clinch up but Strong circles away and keeps his distance.
Strong takes a swing at Stringfellow's ribcage but misses.
Strong takes a swing at Stringfellow's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong lands a right hook to the body.
Strong tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stringfellow was well out of range. Poor timing from Strong.
Strong keeps the fight on the outside.
Strong closes this distance looking for a takedown but Stringfellow circles away.
Stringfellow keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Strong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stringfellow moves away.
Strong misses with a hook. Stringfellow ducked under it nicely.
Strong misses with a hook. Stringfellow ducked under it nicely.
Strong misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stringfellow.
Stringfellow tries to bum rush Strong with a series of wild strikes but Strong uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd cheers as Strong lands an impressive looking overhand right. Stringfellow doesn't seem phased though.
Stringfellow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Strong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Strong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stringfellow scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Stringfellow closes the distance and clinches.
Strong misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Strong tries to pull guard but Stringfellow won't allow it.
Strong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stringfellow is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Stringfellow fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Stringfellow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Strong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stringfellow.
Strong throws an overhand right that lands on Stringfellow's shoulder, as Stringfellow tries to avoid the shot.

Stringfellow pushes Strong up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stringfellow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Strong throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Stringfellow has taken the fight to the clinch.
Strong tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oliver Strong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stringfellow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Strong fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Stringfellow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stringfellow throws out a powerful jab.
Strong jabs Stringfellow to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Stringfellow throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Stringfellow throws a hook but Strong blocks it.
Stringfellow wants to clinch up but Strong keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stringfellow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Strong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stringfellow throws a right and a left that both miss.
Stringfellow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Strong closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Stringfellow quickly recovers to half guard.
Strong tries to pass the half guard into mount. Stringfellow knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Strong thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Strong is working for a submission of some sort.

Strong seems to be looking for submissions.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stringfellow tries to get to full guard but Strong has control of the leg.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ricky Stringfellow.
I think Strong has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Ricky Stringfellow!
A very excited looking Ricky Stringfellow made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.